The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Airdrops: Bluefin, Nexus, and Infinex

May is shaping up to be a lucrative month for crypto airdrops, offering members of the community a chance to earn coins and tokens with minimal or no initial investment. Several projects are rolling out high-potential airdrops, and three in particular have secured significant funding and are encouraging broad participation.

Bluefin

Bluefin, a decentralized perpetual futures protocol running atop the Sui blockchain, launched an airdrop for its native governance token, BLUE, allocating up to 170,150,000 tokens (19.68% of the total supply).

"To welcome users to join the Bluefin journey, the Bluefin Foundation has allocated up to 17.15% of the total supply to users across existing and new users," Bluefin stated.

Users can claim 50% of their allocation at the token generation event (TGE), with the remaining 50% unlocked over two months (25% each month). The airdrop targets both existing and new users, aiming to incentivize adoption of Bluefin Pro.

DeFi protocol Bluefin secured $29.2 million in seed funding from top crypto firms, including Polychain Capital, ParaFi Capital, CMS Holdings, DeFiance Capital, and Hypersphere Ventures.

Additional investments came from Flow Traders, LongHash Ventures, Beam, Alameda Research, and Three Arrows Capital, among others.

While details about the protocol remain scarce, Bluefin has been offering an early access form for airdrop farmers since May 10.

Participants can gain early access to Bluefin Pro by providing their wallet and email. This early access offers no extra incentives beyond the platform’s current rewards.

The protocol is currently offering several ways to earn airdrop points, including completing tasks on the protocol, joining the Discord server, and engaging with Bluefin's social media channels.

Participants should check their eligibility on Bluefin's airdrop page and connect their wallets. It is also worth mentioning that airdrops often drive short-term price spikes.

However, post-claim sell-offs are common, which makes timing sales or staking BLUE for governance benefits a crucial factor in maximizing value.

Nexus

The potential Nexus airdrop comes as the network launched its testnet on December 9, 2024. As it happened, it attracted over 10,000 users in the first hour, with a points-based reward system.

Phase 2 of the testnet, which ran until February 22, 2025, enabled users to earn points by keeping a browser tab open. Points may lead to a retroactive RCADE token airdrop, with 13.6% of tokens allocated to Nexus Nodes (medium.com).

Now, backed by $27.2 million from investors such as Pantera Capital, DragonFly Capital, Alliance DAO, and Lightspeed Ventures, Nexus offers opportunities for community engagement.

Data on Cryptorank.io shows that opportunities remain open for Discord roles, such as linking X (Twitter accounts) and the testnet for the Nexus NFT.

"Nexus announced 6 new roles in Discord! The most active members of the community will be able to get them, but you will have to keep your activity monthly, as the roles can be archived after inactivity," Cryptorank.io stated.

This development occurs as Nexus accelerates toward Testnet III. Builders, artists, educators, and social sparkplugs are invited to join.

"Roles may be archived after one month of inactivity to keep the community fresh and active," Nexus cautions.

Infinex

Infinex, a cross-chain wallet that supports major EVM chains and Solana, is also among this week's top three crypto airdrops.

The project boasts a $65.29 million investment from Stani Kulechov, Anatoly Yakovenko, and Alex Svanevik as tier-one angel investors.

Beyond these ecosystem leaders, other notable investors include Framework Ventures, Solana Ventures, Wintermute, and Eden Block, among others.

After launching its Craterun campaign, users can earn crates by depositing assets into their Infinex Account. These crates contain Patron NFTs, passes, boosts, and ecosystem prizes, which may lead to a retroactive token airdrop if Infinex launches a native token in the future.

Infinex simplifies wallet management by eliminating seed phrases and gas fees and integrating DeFi protocols like Ethena and Synthetix. It aims to provide a user-friendly Web3 experience with broad interoperability.

Users should visit the Infinex website, deposit supported assets, and engage in campaigns to participate.